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listen to washington's words. the alternate domestic nation of one faction over another sharpened by the spirit of revenge is itself a frightf fuf despotism, and opens the door to corruption which finds a facilitated access through the channels of party passions. thus the policy and the will of one country subjected to the policy and will of another. no action of washington's did more to avert dictatorship than the voluntarily retirement at the end of two terms. the poet robert frost said he was one of the few in the history. world not carried away by power. the man who could have been king insisted ultimate sovereignty lay with the people, however imperfect their judgment. the 1796 campaign to succeed washington did little to encourage the friends of democracy. long before the first negative commercial hit the nation's airwaves thomas jefferson was branded a coward and infidel, whose election warned one connecticut newspaper would guarantee that quote, murder, robbery and rape and adultery and insist will be open
listen to washington's words. the alternate domestic nation of one faction over another sharpened by the spirit of revenge is itself a frightf fuf despotism, and opens the door to corruption which finds a facilitated access through the channels of party passions. thus the policy and the will of one country subjected to the policy and will of another. no action of washington's did more to avert dictatorship than the voluntarily retirement at the end of two terms. the poet robert frost said he...
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we have "washington." i believe we have "gf novernor morris," and several others there for you to take a look at. thank you again, and join richard brookhiser in our museum store. thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >>> tweet us at c-span history, a tweet from madmen across the water asking about an issue that still resounds today, and this question is about the how many people were fathered by gis, u.s. gis in vietnam, how were they treated 45 years after the u.s. departure? >> you could be featured during our next live program. join the conversation on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory, and on twitter @cspanhistory. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> american history tv is
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washington nationals. that summer, the senators were ahead in the american league at the the time, but same time, the yankees were trying to creep in and take the lead in the american league. you see washington driving a car with a yankee coming in and i like the front seat and washington saying i am not through with the driving yet. and that year, a rarity for sports fans, the senators went on to win the world series over new york giant. this next cartoon, when he was trying this, he was thinking about federal workers in particular. every year when congress goes to do appropriations, they decide if they are going to give a cost of living adjustment to government workers. he shows the government worker trying to steer through increased rent, increased cost of clothing, increased cost of fixed salaryhas a scale from 50 years ago. perhaps his favorite topic was washington weather. to draw washington weather. we love to talk about washington weather. we are talking about it now. this cartoon was drawn on marc
washington nationals. that summer, the senators were ahead in the american league at the the time, but same time, the yankees were trying to creep in and take the lead in the american league. you see washington driving a car with a yankee coming in and i like the front seat and washington saying i am not through with the driving yet. and that year, a rarity for sports fans, the senators went on to win the world series over new york giant. this next cartoon, when he was trying this, he was...
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eastern from the washington hilton hotel. and you can see it live on c-span2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> c-span's 50 capitals tour was in jackson, mississippi, where they spoke to jim hood. from washington journal this is 30 minutes. fjoining us on the c-span bus is mississippi's long serving attorney general jim hood. what is the secret to getting elected statewide in very red mississippi? >> i was lekted in 2003. i think i was grandfathered in. but, you know, law enforcement issues, fighting cyber crime, protecting children, those issues are sort of nonpartisan in our state. there are large dependents in many other states. >> one of the cases you're working son a case about prescription drugs and the cost include recently won. describe that for us. >> it was one of those cases where there was average wholesale pricing and one particular company wattson pharm
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looked at the reactions coming out of washington so if you read very carefully the washington post article in which penned fourth quarter down there in return flight from what do you actually fed was with that being nuclearization have to be and then there's so because the take on this will be nuclear if they think the u.s. is open to talks preliminary talks during which the course of us lay out of and the actual negotiations great great no greater than the reach agreement at one moment all right but go ahead go ahead go ahead just one more to. the precondition for negotiations is for north korea to suspend fully do nuclear rights other words give the united states what it wants private talks can talk and you can begin ok well that's just great bryan i mean the north koreans saw what happened to libya they saw what happened in iraq and why in the in a lot of people have speculated that's why they have gone down the nucular road ok i mean why in the world would the north koreans give up this program and expose themselves when they're being threatened with a bloody nose you know seven ways t
looked at the reactions coming out of washington so if you read very carefully the washington post article in which penned fourth quarter down there in return flight from what do you actually fed was with that being nuclearization have to be and then there's so because the take on this will be nuclear if they think the u.s. is open to talks preliminary talks during which the course of us lay out of and the actual negotiations great great no greater than the reach agreement at one moment all...
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and washington post - who heads amazon and now owns the washington post and is making it into a great newspaper, let me just say that. - fully agree. - we can talk about that later. but he said, "even in a competitive business, like journalism," which there's nothing more competitive, he said, "we need to spend less time "worrying about our competitors "and more time worrying about our customers." and that really went home to me. i think a lot of what we're seeing right now in our culture are, a lot of organizations, other than news organizations, they're worrying about, "how can i cut prices so i can sell it "for a lower price than my competitor?" when they should be thinking about, "what does our customer want?" "what does our customer need?" - focus on the product and not the price. - and i think that's a good lesson for all of us. - so, the first change i mentioned, i think the second change, related but separate, is that the default setting used to be, as recently as 10 years ago, that people trusted the media. and now the default setting is that people don't. when we wake up in
and washington post - who heads amazon and now owns the washington post and is making it into a great newspaper, let me just say that. - fully agree. - we can talk about that later. but he said, "even in a competitive business, like journalism," which there's nothing more competitive, he said, "we need to spend less time "worrying about our competitors "and more time worrying about our customers." and that really went home to me. i think a lot of what we're seeing...
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journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're taking your calls. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. and independents, (202) 748-8002 . let's take a look at headlines. so florida's "sun sentinel," deputies wait outside the school. the sheriff investigating claims that other deputies did not rush to enter the school when the shooting took place last week. is "tampa bay times" reporting that governor scott and the gop are proposing state law changes, including raising the age required to purchase a gun, and background checks on the mentally ill. assisting the special counsel investigation into russian meddling, that come in yesterday and finally, the "st. louis anst-dispatch," an uncertain future for governor brighton as a special committee is going to investigate the governor. the governors are meeting this week your in washington. regis is on the line from philadelphia your on our independent line. what is on your mind today? caller: it is such a crooked society we live in. i tried to get in newsro
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he's driven washington out. so, it looks like new york, or at least this part of new york, is now out of the game. now, general howell is proceeding to roll out new jersey. >> now, just a quick question. what were their troops, the differences between how many troops and how well off they were? >> right, right. well, during the battles of new york, washington has 19,000 troops, most of them are militia. most of them have never fought before. the british have 32,000. british and also heshams described as mercenaries which isn't quite right. these were mercenaries who served their princes. they were small german principals. they would contract to have their armies fight in wars of other countries. if you were a hesham soldier, you signed up, you fought in the battles your prince, your sovereign, arranged for you to fight. over the course of the war, the british paid 7,000 pounds for the service of these soldiers. i did the math and it was like 2 $360 million. now, the federal government loses $360 million in the c
he's driven washington out. so, it looks like new york, or at least this part of new york, is now out of the game. now, general howell is proceeding to roll out new jersey. >> now, just a quick question. what were their troops, the differences between how many troops and how well off they were? >> right, right. well, during the battles of new york, washington has 19,000 troops, most of them are militia. most of them have never fought before. the british have 32,000. british and also...
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these kids are coming to washington in the next few weeks. they'll be in washington. they are walkouts planned in the next few weeks around the country. that kind of momentum if it continues could matter. robert: so the activists, the students are out there in force. to watch them this week, eey are in the mid of this political debate but the n.r.a. remains defiant. wayne lapierre, the presidt of n.r.a. was in washington, the cpac. not backing down in this even as he sees the president move a bit. >> you have to pause for a moment. there were somegseautiful thhat happened this week. i think both what we saw on ag at cnn and the white house, where you're bringing tother politicians who have much different views with victims ofor these dowels massacres. at least have a dialogue. that was a moment. for someone like marco rubio to go on stage with 7,000 ople who want to boo y and show some openness on gun control was interestin the n.r.a. is really powerful and i would caution anyone- there are several cautionary tales in how reactive republicans t might public pressure.
these kids are coming to washington in the next few weeks. they'll be in washington. they are walkouts planned in the next few weeks around the country. that kind of momentum if it continues could matter. robert: so the activists, the students are out there in force. to watch them this week, eey are in the mid of this political debate but the n.r.a. remains defiant. wayne lapierre, the presidt of n.r.a. was in washington, the cpac. not backing down in this even as he sees the president move a...
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treaties and washington's commission, washington's resignation document. obviously, most importantly, the declaration of independence. he took these documents, and he concluded that because the british believed a foundry close by would be too handy in providing munitions, he had the documents taken to leesburg, virginia where they could be stored in a secure place. he went to bed exhausted. that night, all the citizens of washington saw the city in flames. he recalled in exchange he had when taking the documents out of the state department into safekeeping. he ran into the secretary of war at the time who saw what he was doing and asked him why he was doing it. he felt he was being extremely alarmist. that washington was not going to be invaded by the british. he said that he felt it was a point of prudence to do it, and he carried on. if he had not secured those documents, today you would not be able to go to the national archive and see the declaration of independence or the constitution of the united states in its original form. all those other precious
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them, by now he is on washington's staff. washington's own staff was very loyal. most people who served with washington directly are very impressed. >> you can watch this and other american history programs on our website, where all our video's archive. that is c-span.org/history. >>national museum of african american history and culture recently opened an exhibit looking at the 1968 poor people's campaign, which martin luther king jr. organized to shift the focus of the civil rights movement to economic issues. reverend king was assassinated before the campaign got underway in washington, d.c. a panel of activists and smithsonian museum staff look at this legacy. this is about one hour. >> it is our pleasure to welcome to this media event for city of hope. you are in for a wonderful discussion from some brilliant people. my name -- it is my pleasure to be the deputy director of the national museum of african american history and culture. we are going to get started in a moment. i want you to know who these lovely young men are. they are both named mark. mark mari
them, by now he is on washington's staff. washington's own staff was very loyal. most people who served with washington directly are very impressed. >> you can watch this and other american history programs on our website, where all our video's archive. that is c-span.org/history. >>national museum of african american history and culture recently opened an exhibit looking at the 1968 poor people's campaign, which martin luther king jr. organized to shift the focus of the civil...
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much resistance it's getting from washington will be able to finally take a step to emerge as a truly sovereign entity and able to carry out with in korean politics and on the korean peninsula its own policy. it's a shame you certainly don't see north korea looking over its shoulder to see whether russia or china approves of its moves but here you have south korea with tens of thousands of american troops still in south korea and they they arrived in september one thousand nine hundred five they're still there. north korea doesn't have foreign troops on its soil so that is the big test will south korea be able to resist the pressure from washington it's the republicans it's the democrats it's the military industrial complex it's the cia none of that none of those institutional power centers in washington want there to be a real raw approach mind taking place in korea by koreans without the supervision of the americans gregory would weigh in on that because you know what what leeway does south korea have to make any kind of reproach with the north if there is a mutual engagement in any
much resistance it's getting from washington will be able to finally take a step to emerge as a truly sovereign entity and able to carry out with in korean politics and on the korean peninsula its own policy. it's a shame you certainly don't see north korea looking over its shoulder to see whether russia or china approves of its moves but here you have south korea with tens of thousands of american troops still in south korea and they they arrived in september one thousand nine hundred five...
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gh tonit on "washington week." esident trump: today i speak to a nation in gri. robert: in the wake of another mass shooting, an emotionally charged debate. >> can you tel us when the house may muster the courage to take up the issue of gun violence? robert democrats demand action. some republicans sayto her laws would not have prevented the massacre. >> the struggle up to this point has been that most of the proflingse enthusiastic offered would notave prevented not just's yesterday tragedy but any of those in recent history. robert from columbine to sandy hook, to parkland, florida. >> president trump, please do something! robert: is washington any closer to addressing gun violence? plus, breaking news. the justiceen departm charges 13 russians with interfering in the u.s. election, and turmoil oncegain in th west bing -- wing. >> mr. bannon, do you plan to answer questions today? robert: as steve bannon is questioned in the russian probe andob r under itsations of domestic all vi with dan balz of the "washington post." kimberly atkins have boston harold. jeann
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you seem to be having a moment in washington d.c. right now with the trump administration particularly the 2 x 2 meetings this week on the positive statements from tillerson and mattis. why is that? why have you been able to succeed over the last few months and this spat with the arrival of the gcc and do you see the tide turning in washington in your favorite? >> thank you. our relation in partnership with the united states has always been very strong and we don't consider what we have achieved with united states something directed to our golf neighbors or a winning situation and the gulf crisis or winning situation for the other side. we see there is no winner. our people and the gulf suffer from what we call a needless crisis. we have built a partnership based on trust. we have been a strong ally with the united states and they are recognizing this alliance and upgrading to a higher level which is what we have right now. we are using this opportunity as a platform to concentrate all of our efforts. we are trying to intensify this
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washington had about 2400 men, 18 cannons, 100 horses. washington was hoping to have everybody across by midnight. it wasn't until about 4:00 the next morning on december 26, the army was across and ready to march to trenton. the prelude to our story is the new york campaign in the summer and fall of 1776. the british landed an army on staten island shortly after the declaration of independence. there were a series of battles defeats for general washington, , beginning with the battle of long island, followed by harlem heights, white plains, the capture in new york as well, and the defeats at fort washington and fort lee. really, fort lee was an abandoning of the fort and important supplies. and that began in late the november, retreat through new jersey. washington fell back through new jersey. because of the defeats, morale was sinking fast. he was counting on the new jersey militia as well as the pennsylvania militia to come forward and strengthen his army. they were not turning out in any significant numbers. he had to continue retrea
washington had about 2400 men, 18 cannons, 100 horses. washington was hoping to have everybody across by midnight. it wasn't until about 4:00 the next morning on december 26, the army was across and ready to march to trenton. the prelude to our story is the new york campaign in the summer and fall of 1776. the british landed an army on staten island shortly after the declaration of independence. there were a series of battles defeats for general washington, , beginning with the battle of long...
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lynn: he is about as illinois as it gets in washington. he is an example of a politician you ared dick durbin, fluent in illinois and he can talk national or globally but you always have one foot back home. look at the ray lahood career. top staffer for bob michael, takes his seat, rises in the house, goes to be the transportation secretary under barack obama. when you talk about moderate republicans, that is the mold of ray lahood. he forged a relationship with rahm emanuel, they got things done, i think they also liked each other. that helps a lot in the political climate when you have differences and not like each other, which is how we are now, it is harder. he became a member of the obama cabinet. to this day, he is one of the leaders. when he was in office and out of of the movements for bipartisanship, which i think at the moment as a way to go. he was marvelous. it was not contrived at all, just get along with everybody. he was the kind of moderation i was referring to. more sensible. neither of the states two senators came up? lyn
lynn: he is about as illinois as it gets in washington. he is an example of a politician you ared dick durbin, fluent in illinois and he can talk national or globally but you always have one foot back home. look at the ray lahood career. top staffer for bob michael, takes his seat, rises in the house, goes to be the transportation secretary under barack obama. when you talk about moderate republicans, that is the mold of ray lahood. he forged a relationship with rahm emanuel, they got things...
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iam not i am not so sure washington will be opposed to the notion of a meeting, but i think washington will be quite sensitive to the conditions under which that meeting takes place. there are lots of contradictions and complexities here. i think the president has a difficult road ahead, primarily because there is an expectation in washington that if a summit were to take place, that front and centre would be the nuclear issue, and that, of course, is something that is strongly opposed by north korea, which has thus far refused to discuss the issue with south korea. the first point of orderfor issue with south korea. the first point of order for president moon will be how to deal with this issue. 0therwise will be how to deal with this issue. otherwise they will fall away from the summit. would it be wise to not be overoptimistic about the shaking of hands? should we not get optimistic. we have been down this road before. there have been developments over the years expectations are low. developments over the years expectations are lowlj developments over the years expectations are low.
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michael scherer of the washington post. rachel bade of politico and carl hulse of the "new york times."ti >> celeb 50 years, this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> the leadership is instinctive. they understand the challenges of today and research the technologies of tomorrow. some call them veterans. we call them part of our team. >> on a cruise with american cruise lines, you can experiench istoric destinations along the mississippi river, the columbia river, and across the united states. american cruise lines fet of small ships explore american landmarks, local cultures and islm waterways. american c lines, proud sponsor of "washington week." >> additional funding is provided by new man's own foundation, donating all profits from new man's food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ethics in excellence through journalism foundation, and committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from vie
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. >> lets go live to sara bloomquist in washington square in philadelphia. sara you may recall endured arctic like cold for a week reporting on the cold in minneapolis. sara a whole different spear wrans today. >> these temperatures are a treat for everybody not just everybody that endured a cold super bowl in minneapolis. we are out in washington square showing off the brand new "action news" storm tracker van. it has a live radar, monitor on the side. people are coming by and saying are you here because there say storm coming? i said check yourself. it's clear. even at this hour people are out and about here on washington square. >> it's crazy, absolutely crazy and i'm not complaining at all. >> this winter weather is wild. this afternoon temperatures soared into the 70s in the city. here on washington square people came out to soak up the bright sun. >> weather comes and goes and take advantage as it comes. >> and the sunshine put smiles on faces and some brought the dogs out and of course the kids, the park benches provided a perfect perch for enjoying a
. >> lets go live to sara bloomquist in washington square in philadelphia. sara you may recall endured arctic like cold for a week reporting on the cold in minneapolis. sara a whole different spear wrans today. >> these temperatures are a treat for everybody not just everybody that endured a cold super bowl in minneapolis. we are out in washington square showing off the brand new "action news" storm tracker van. it has a live radar, monitor on the side. people are coming...
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is it a washington matter that only washington people could understand? because it makes no sense to us in new york. week after week, the idea that in some fashion, there is going to be a revelation that tears donald trump from the presidency and restores the kingdom. ms. peek: i think the rest of the country is wondering what the heck is going on, because this investigation has been going on for almost a year and there is absolutely no evidence that anyone in the trump campaign or administration colluded with russia in any way. attentionmericans' span is such that people have tuned out of this. fbi,is happening is our our law enforcement administration, and the justice department are under a serious cloud because it looks like if there was collusion, the collusion was between democrats running for office and the fbi. that to me is a horrible revelation, and i think that is where we are going with this revelation of how this war it was obtained. mr. batchelor: the carter page warrant. turn to you because as a recovering politician, i ask for your help to
is it a washington matter that only washington people could understand? because it makes no sense to us in new york. week after week, the idea that in some fashion, there is going to be a revelation that tears donald trump from the presidency and restores the kingdom. ms. peek: i think the rest of the country is wondering what the heck is going on, because this investigation has been going on for almost a year and there is absolutely no evidence that anyone in the trump campaign or...
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here we are with george washington. george washington, the first president of the united states. one of our founding fathers. and what we have for george washington is a copy from his library of a book called "an essay on human understanding" by john locke. that book was one of the ones used by the founding fathers. the ideas in that book from john locke are what, you know, go into the declaration of independence. so george washington's copy is from 1775. inside of both front covers of it is his personal bookplate and then on the title page of each one, he actually signed his name into it. which is apparently not common for him to have both of his bookplate and his signature. but what also makes these books unique is that these were owned by herbert hoover. herbert hoover purchased these at a bookstore in new york city about -- i'm not exactly sure what year. we haven't been able to figure that out. but about two blocks from where he lived in the waldorf towers is where that bookstore was located, but -- so the books were part of his -- washington's private library. they were sol
here we are with george washington. george washington, the first president of the united states. one of our founding fathers. and what we have for george washington is a copy from his library of a book called "an essay on human understanding" by john locke. that book was one of the ones used by the founding fathers. the ideas in that book from john locke are what, you know, go into the declaration of independence. so george washington's copy is from 1775. inside of both front covers...
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we want to bring in kevin cirilli, our chief washington correspondent from our washington bureau. tell us a little bit more about the washington men who pleaded guilty? kevin: this was announced in juxtaposition with the indictment that came out against the 13 individuals from russia as well as the three businesses. we do not know, for example, which this individual, who has announced a plea deal with the u.s. authorities, is in fact someone who worked to rapidly -- workeda, as it directly with russia as a russian actor, or who considered himself an american. we will bring you those details this get them, but
we want to bring in kevin cirilli, our chief washington correspondent from our washington bureau. tell us a little bit more about the washington men who pleaded guilty? kevin: this was announced in juxtaposition with the indictment that came out against the 13 individuals from russia as well as the three businesses. we do not know, for example, which this individual, who has announced a plea deal with the u.s. authorities, is in fact someone who worked to rapidly -- workeda, as it directly with...
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>> this morning on c-span, "washington journal" is next. and then an interview with vice president mike pence and later a hearing on election security. in an hour, we will look at president trump's infrastructure plan. and -- with mark hearing on elen security. scribner. in our spotlight on magazine series, in these times contributor doug had one -- doug henwood. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: on "washington journal," the sweeping indictment of 13 russian nationals charged in a massive scheme to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. the indictment part of the investigation by special counsel robert mueller's team and announced yesterday by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein paint a picture of a campaign to damage democrat hillary clinton's campaign and to boost donald trump's bid and the russian reached tout
>> this morning on c-span, "washington journal" is next. and then an interview with vice president mike pence and later a hearing on election security. in an hour, we will look at president trump's infrastructure plan. and -- with mark hearing on elen security. scribner. in our spotlight on magazine series, in these times contributor doug had one -- doug henwood. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute,...
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"washington journal" continues. host: our next guest of the author is craig shirley, of "reagan rising, years 1976-1980," and craig shirley, good morning. we are talking about influences on presidency, start with ronald way did he shape the presidency we know today? guest: i think he revived the presidency. previous presidents were all well intentioned, america has lucky, we've had basically ged men who have been elected to the presidency. presidency, some of them are lost in the power, don't nderstand the presidency and diminish from the time of president kennedy's '63, ination, november of diminished through lyndon jimmy , nixon, ford and carter. reagan reinvigerates the merican presidency back to where it was under franklin truman and nd harry dwight eisenhower, modern fullyn of chief executive engaged with foreign domestic policy and also, has common too, like franklin roosevelt did. he brings the presidency back. brings restoration. before reagan was elected when still president, there were a lot of columns and
"washington journal" continues. host: our next guest of the author is craig shirley, of "reagan rising, years 1976-1980," and craig shirley, good morning. we are talking about influences on presidency, start with ronald way did he shape the presidency we know today? guest: i think he revived the presidency. previous presidents were all well intentioned, america has lucky, we've had basically ged men who have been elected to the presidency. presidency, some of them are lost...
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the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 26, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable dan new house to act as speaker pro tempore -- dan new houses to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, sprine, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the 2018, the nuary 8, chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate p.m. ue beyond 1:50 each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, for five minutes. p.m. mr. abraham: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor one of the hardest working men on capitol hill. joe. joe's 84th birthday was saturday, february 10. he's been cutting hair in the house for 47 years. joe embodies the principles of hard work, dedicat
the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 26, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable dan new house to act as speaker pro tempore -- dan new houses to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, sprine, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the 2018, the nuary 8, chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the...
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washington's staff is very loyal. most people who serve with washington directly are very impressed. you can watch the entire program this monday at 8:00 eastern on american history tv only on c-span3. the conservative political action conference has been held every year since 1974, when california governor ronald reagan delivered the first keynote up next on "reel america," from 30 years ago, president reagan speaks about the state of the conservative movement. in february, 1988, he contrasts what he sees as conservative accomplishments with what he argues are the ineffective liberal ideas of the democratic party. this is 30 minutes. [applause] pres. reagan: thank you. thank you all, thank you very much. thank you. [cheering and applause]
washington's staff is very loyal. most people who serve with washington directly are very impressed. you can watch the entire program this monday at 8:00 eastern on american history tv only on c-span3. the conservative political action conference has been held every year since 1974, when california governor ronald reagan delivered the first keynote up next on "reel america," from 30 years ago, president reagan speaks about the state of the conservative movement. in february, 1988, he...
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these are not combat forces in washington, d.c. they perform local functions in the area and some type of letter was opened and people began to feel ill. what we don't know is exactly what transpired here. they'll have to test it, see what substance may have been involved and what is causing the symptoms, the initial information we had was that three people had symptoms, including burning hands and one bloody nose so taken to the hospital for medical attention. >> local fire is on the scene. we were told fbi personnel also monitoring it because of course as they would in any case but this is happening tonight in the metropolitan washington, d.c. area so obviously a lot of concern. people go in and out of this military base all day long. they'll have to figure out exactly what transpired here. >> normally at a base like this wouldn't letters go through some sort of security before they're disseminat disseminated. >> >> that's right. we see so many companies these days at military installations and especially here in washington, d.c.
these are not combat forces in washington, d.c. they perform local functions in the area and some type of letter was opened and people began to feel ill. what we don't know is exactly what transpired here. they'll have to test it, see what substance may have been involved and what is causing the symptoms, the initial information we had was that three people had symptoms, including burning hands and one bloody nose so taken to the hospital for medical attention. >> local fire is on the...
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so this is in "the washington post" tonight. this is a bombshell for a couple reasons. one, there is the unprecedented and bizarre personal drama where we can't predict the outcome because we've never had anything like this before. this bizarre personal drama that derives from nepotism which is why there are anti nepotism rules. bizarre drama from the white house including the security advisor and chief of staff drawing a line and saying no to the president over his son-in-law. saying that on national security grounds and there are concerns about the behavior of a white house senior advisor and contacts with multiple foreign countries, serious concerns they would rank among the biggest scandals in any modern presidency even if there weren't bizarre and complicated nepotism concerns layered in the middle of this same scandal. joining us now is shane harris of the washington post, one of four reporters that broke this big story tonight. mr. harris, congratulations on this very big story. thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks, rachel. >> let me ask you about h.r. mcmast
so this is in "the washington post" tonight. this is a bombshell for a couple reasons. one, there is the unprecedented and bizarre personal drama where we can't predict the outcome because we've never had anything like this before. this bizarre personal drama that derives from nepotism which is why there are anti nepotism rules. bizarre drama from the white house including the security advisor and chief of staff drawing a line and saying no to the president over his son-in-law. saying...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. as we meet, the mood in the office of the american presidency is grim and chaotic. the "new york times" is reporting the chief of staff is offering to resign. the communications chief is in danger. and the white house secretary is gone all together. president trump publicly addressed the growing west wing scandal for the first time today, defending the former aide who has been accused by two ex-wives of violent behavior. >> we certainly wish him well. it's a obviously tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house, and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly he's also very sad. now, he also, as you probably know, he says he's innocent. and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent. so you'll have to talk to him about that, but we absolutely wish him well. did a very good job while he was at the white house. >
i'm chris matthews in washington. as we meet, the mood in the office of the american presidency is grim and chaotic. the "new york times" is reporting the chief of staff is offering to resign. the communications chief is in danger. and the white house secretary is gone all together. president trump publicly addressed the growing west wing scandal for the first time today, defending the former aide who has been accused by two ex-wives of violent behavior. >> we certainly wish him...
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so while federal washington was shut down, i'm here to tell you washington d.c. was open for business. and i'm very proud of that. [ applause ] so as we go through our meeting this week, let us remember that our residents, hard working americans in every one of our cities are counting on us to come up with solutions for affordable housing. to make sure we are being creative about ways to end homelessness in our cities. they are counting on us to make sure that we are coming up with solutions to fix roads and bridges and airports and to make sure that our public transportation infrastructure catches up instead of falls behind. they are counting on us to stand arm in arm with each other to fight discrimination. they are even counting on us to regulate marijuana and make sure our health care systems are supporting all of our residents. and we mayor's know that we have the tools, the skills, and we have the ability to work together, even across the lines, all up and down all levels of government, to get the job done for our city. so, again, i want to welcome you to w
so while federal washington was shut down, i'm here to tell you washington d.c. was open for business. and i'm very proud of that. [ applause ] so as we go through our meeting this week, let us remember that our residents, hard working americans in every one of our cities are counting on us to come up with solutions for affordable housing. to make sure we are being creative about ways to end homelessness in our cities. they are counting on us to make sure that we are coming up with solutions to...
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does meet under the auspices of washington. what could come out of this do you think that a success would just be that there is a meeting or there have to be concrete agreements made it such as well to bar the term used by. there are a lot of faces to be saved and in order to broker any kind of deal between these countries these faces have to be considered and here i'm talking about saudi arabia who needs not get out of this crisis as a loser it's very important for the vision of the new administration in the new. parent and the king in saudi arabia to appear victorious out of this crisis and this of course will not work for that but those who need to establish their sovereignty you need to establish their strength and their positioning in this and this region and cannot abide by any perception that they come out of this issue as losers or that they kind of gave in to the demands of the of the countries the united states also wants to come out and trumps administration especially wants to come out as a problem solver. and they
does meet under the auspices of washington. what could come out of this do you think that a success would just be that there is a meeting or there have to be concrete agreements made it such as well to bar the term used by. there are a lot of faces to be saved and in order to broker any kind of deal between these countries these faces have to be considered and here i'm talking about saudi arabia who needs not get out of this crisis as a loser it's very important for the vision of the new...
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cross-cutting missing diplomacy i'm joined by my guest musin in washington he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center in new york we have daniel lazhar he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution and in fort lauderdale we have ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute or the gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it daniel let me go to you first they were calling this program missing diplomacy and let's look at two areas where a lot of diplomacy is necessary north korea and syria in both cases there and there have been or still present some kind of diplomatic opening considering the very fierce rhetoric we've heard about a second phase when we look at it from the trauma administration for north korea and then the u.s. sensually obstructing a number of peace processes and designs in syria where is the diplomacy daniel go ahead. the so mostly is absent we have a very err
cross-cutting missing diplomacy i'm joined by my guest musin in washington he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center in new york we have daniel lazhar he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution and in fort lauderdale we have ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute or the gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump...
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we sit here in washington at the small business event, is washington doing a good job creating the right atmosphere for the creation and development of small business? gov. snyder: moore can be done. in many respects, you get back to saying what is the regulatory environment, and we did those when i first became governor. system,hout the old tax put in a new one that was simple, fair and efficient. we have gotten rid of over 2000 regulations. there is a role for regulations. it is not just about getting rid of things, but doing it in a thoughtful fashion. it is about encouraging people to hire and to grow. there are great programs. there is something we created called pure michigan business connect, a matchmaking process where we don't spend government dollars, but we are the convener. we have brought small businesses with big companies and we have generated an incremental $5 billion worth of sales for small and medium-sized businesses in our state by doing this matchmaking. david: one of the things he mentioned you did in which again was taken of the deficit. as we sit in washington, we
we sit here in washington at the small business event, is washington doing a good job creating the right atmosphere for the creation and development of small business? gov. snyder: moore can be done. in many respects, you get back to saying what is the regulatory environment, and we did those when i first became governor. system,hout the old tax put in a new one that was simple, fair and efficient. we have gotten rid of over 2000 regulations. there is a role for regulations. it is not just...
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[applause] instead of becoming more like washington, let's send a message to washington by putting the politics aside and coming together for all marylanders. on that snowy day three years ago just after i took the oath of afse i said to those who would drive us to the extremes of either party let me remind you that maryland has always been a state of middle temperament. i asked that we seek that middle ground where we can all stand together. and ladies and gentlemen, over the past three years we have. together we have put maryland on a new and better path and we annot afford to turn back now. [applause] let's keep moving forward. let's continue changing maryland for the better. thank you. god bless you. and may god continue to bless the great state of maryland. thank you. [applause] >> the people who are getting their food just finish up that and we'll get the program started.
[applause] instead of becoming more like washington, let's send a message to washington by putting the politics aside and coming together for all marylanders. on that snowy day three years ago just after i took the oath of afse i said to those who would drive us to the extremes of either party let me remind you that maryland has always been a state of middle temperament. i asked that we seek that middle ground where we can all stand together. and ladies and gentlemen, over the past three years...
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how broken is washington? >> chris, during my years of public life i have had the honor of seeing washington at its best and i've also seen washington at its worst.the good news is i have seen washington work. i've seen democrats and republicans work together to solve problems in our country. the problem today is that washington is largely dysfunctional. republicans and democrats simply are unable to be able to work together. to resolve the tremendous issues that face this country. i am worried about that dysfunction because it goes to the heart of our democracy. i think ultimately, if they don't get together and govern this country, that it will ultimately weaken the united states by virtue of that. >>chris: you said recently for the president to release the house republican memo over the objections of the fbi and the department of justice, it would create quote, a constitutional crisis. is that bit of an overstatement? >> well, i am a believer in the rule of law in this country. i am a believer in the import
how broken is washington? >> chris, during my years of public life i have had the honor of seeing washington at its best and i've also seen washington at its worst.the good news is i have seen washington work. i've seen democrats and republicans work together to solve problems in our country. the problem today is that washington is largely dysfunctional. republicans and democrats simply are unable to be able to work together. to resolve the tremendous issues that face this country. i am...
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most agencies in washington are constrained right now by this law from 1946. the administrative procedures act. have been madet to the law over time have been fairly modest. they fixed the failure to look closely at how small businesses are impacted by proposed rules and things like that. what i am talking about is more fundamental. every agency that interfaces with the public and creates what is democratizing, the opportunity for the public to themsomething by virtue of having a broadband connection, we have to rethink that interface. accessible to all, but we need to think about fraud intervention. ways ton to any and all come up with a good way to do that. >> i am jane smith paterson. speaking of networks, is it possible for you and the fcc to think about additional funding for health care connect, being as though we are at a cap right now? we have so many elderly across getting healthd care to all of them is going to be an issue. com. rosenworcel: you're absolutely right about that. there was a time when telemedicine was reserved for our most rural areas w
most agencies in washington are constrained right now by this law from 1946. the administrative procedures act. have been madet to the law over time have been fairly modest. they fixed the failure to look closely at how small businesses are impacted by proposed rules and things like that. what i am talking about is more fundamental. every agency that interfaces with the public and creates what is democratizing, the opportunity for the public to themsomething by virtue of having a broadband...
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david willis there are in washington. —— bearer in washington. —— there in washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. rescue teams in western iran searching for a passenger plane which disappeared with more than 60 people on board have called off for their search for the night because of heavy snow. families have been gathering at a mosque close to the airport to get information about their loved ones. it's feared there are no survivors. the plane went down in the zagros mountains during a flight from the capital tehran to the southwestern city of yasuj. amir paivar from the bbc‘s persian service has the latest. the weather conditions are very severe, the teams that tried earlier on to go to the crash site were unable to do so and they were sent back halfway through because the blizzard is so severe that they couldn't reach anywhere near the crash site. there is no exact knowledge of the number of people who were on board, which is between 55 and 66. that has added to the misery of these relatives. also making news today. streets around one of the
david willis there are in washington. —— bearer in washington. —— there in washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. rescue teams in western iran searching for a passenger plane which disappeared with more than 60 people on board have called off for their search for the night because of heavy snow. families have been gathering at a mosque close to the airport to get information about their loved ones. it's feared there are no survivors. the plane went down in the...